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It's "Milquetoast," not, "Milk Toast."
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:24 am
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:24 am
It's funny how we use words in life and may not understand their origin. I've seen people called Milk Toast multiple times on this board.
I think you get the picture. This one, however, might be relevant to some:
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Caspar Milquetoast is a comic strip character created by H. T. Webster for his cartoon series The Timid Soul.[1] Webster described Caspar Milquetoast as "the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick". The character's name is derived from a bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast, which, light and easy to digest, is an appropriate food for someone with a weak or "nervous" stomach.
I think you get the picture. This one, however, might be relevant to some:
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Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:25 am to Enadious
This thread is so milk toast.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:36 am to Enadious
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It's "Milquetoast," not, "Milk Toast."
For all intensive purposes I think your correct.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:37 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:bravo
For all intensive purposes I think your correct.
To the OP, the bulk of this forum sees proper usage as elitist.
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 8:38 am
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:43 am to AggieHank86
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To the OP, the bulk of this forum sees proper usage as elitist.
Proper use of words are an example of white privilege.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:43 am to GeauxTigerTM
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For all intensive purposes I think your correct.
Which brings us to: A word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase is called an eggcorn.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:46 am to Enadious
I could care less
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:46 am to Enadious
Don’t act like a pre Madonna talking down to us. 
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:47 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:
For all intensive purposes I think your correct.
irregardless, I could care less
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:48 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:That's accurate, irregardless of what you think
For all intensive purposes I think your correct.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:48 am to Enadious
I could of told you that.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:50 am to Enadious
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The character's name is derived from a bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast,
It bottles the mind.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:50 am to lsuconnman
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Proper use of words are an example of white privilege.
Shouldn't this read: Proper use of words is...
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:53 am to blafayette
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Shouldn't this read: Proper use of words is...
Thanks for whitesplaining that.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:55 am to GeauxTigerTM
I dont think you can say that, per say.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:57 am to blafayette
quote:Yes, but subject/verb agreement is also elitist.quote:Shouldn't this read: Proper use of words is...
Proper use of words are an example of white privilege.
My 6th-grader had this topic as homework last night. "Ladybug, just remove the prepositional phrase and listen to the sentence."
"Proper use ... are/is an example ...."
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 9:00 am
Posted on 2/23/21 at 9:01 am to AggieHank86
Hank has numbers in his username. Numbers are part of math, which is notoriously racist. Ergo, Hank is a racist.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 9:02 am to Roaad
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That's accurate, irregardless of what you think
Evidence of false bravado.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 9:11 am to Enadious
quote:I think this is evidence that either metaphor is fine. Maybe they mean to refer to the food instead of the cartoon
The character's name is derived from a bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast
It still works. 
Posted on 2/23/21 at 9:13 am to Enadious
quote:
It's funny how we use words in life and may not understand their origin. I've seen people called Milk Toast multiple times on this board.
Your such a pre madonna.
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 9:38 am
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